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Serve The Servants by Nirvana

Artist Biography For Nirvana

There Are Multiple Artists Tracked As "Nirvana" On Last.Fm. Following Are Six Listed In Order Of Prominence 1 Nirvana Was A Popular And Highly Influential American Grunge Band. The Band Formed In Aberdeen Washington In 1987 And It Was Part Of The Seattle Grunge Scene Of The Late 80s Alongside Bands Like Pearl Jam Alice In Chains And Soundgarden. As Their Popularity Rose Alternative Rock Became A Dominant Genre On American And Canadian Radio And Music Television During The Early-To-Mid '90s. In Late 1987 Cobain And Novoselic Recruited Drummer Aaron Burckhard 1987–1988 .The Three Practiced Material From Cobain's Fecal Matter Tape. After Losing Contact With Burckhard The Pair Instead Practised With Dale Crover Of The Melvins And Nirvana Recorded Its First Demos In January 1988. Their First Single A Cover Version Of "Love Buzz" A Song By Dutch Group 'Shocking Blue' Was Released In November 1988 On The Seattle Independent Record Label Sub Pop. Their Debut Album 'Bleach' Was Produced By Jack Endino And Released In June 1989. Later That Year The Band Recorded The 'Blew EP' With Producer Steve Fisk. At The Start Of The New Decade The Band Commenced Their First Recording Sessions To The Follow-Up Album With Producer Butch Vig Substituted Their Drummer By Dave Grohl And Signed To DGC Records. The Result 'Nevermind' Would Eventually Sell Over Seven Million Copies In The United States And Over 30 Million Worldwide. In Early 1993 Nirvana Released "Puss"/"Oh The Guilt" A Split Single With The Jesus Lizard On The Independent Label Touch & Go. Meanwhile The Group Chose Steve Albini As The Producer To Record Its Third Album. 'In Utero' Debuted At Number One On The Billboard Album Chart In September The Same Year. As Nirvana's Frontman Cobain Found Himself Referred To In The Media As The "spokesman Of A Generation" With Nirvana The "flagship Band" Of "Generation X" Their Third Studio Album 'In Utero' Was Considered To Be A Conscious Attempt To Shed Their Audience. While Nirvana's Mainstream Popularity Waned In The Months Following Its Release Their Core Audience Cherished The Band's Dark Interior Particularly After Their 1993 Performance On MTV Unplugged With The Meat Puppets A Band That Cobain Had Always Idolised Performing With Them The Songs Oh Me Plateau And Lake Of Fire. It Was Later Released And Topped The Charts In 1994. Nirvana's Brief Run Ended With The Suicide Of Cobain In 1994 But The Band's Popularity Expanded In The Years That Followed. Eight Years After Cobain's Death "You Know You're Right" An Unfinished Demo That The Band Recorded Two Months Prior To Cobain's Death Topped Radio Playlists Around The World. Since Their Debut The Band Has Sold More Than Fifty Million Albums Worldwide Including More Than Ten Million Copies Of Nevermind In The US Alone. Nirvana Remains A Consistent Presence On Radio Stations Worldwide. In 2004 The Box Set "With The Lights Out" A Collection Of Radio Sessions Home Demos Studio Demos And Outtakes Was Released. A Year Later "Sliver The Best Of The Box" Was Released A Compilation Of Selected "WTLO" Tracks But With 3 New Tracks Including A Track From The Famous "Fecal Matter" Demo. Band Members Kurt Cobain - Vocals Guitar 1987–1994 Krist Novoselic - Bass 1987–1994 Dave Grohl - Drums Vocals 1990–1994 Prior Members Aaron Burckhard - Drums 1987–1988 Dale Crover - Drums 1988 1990 Dave Foster - Drums 1988 Chad Channing - Drums 1988–1990 Jason Everman - Guitar 1989 Dan Peters - Drums 1990 Touring Members Pat Smear - Guitar 1993–1994 Lori Goldston - Cello 1993–1994 Melora Creager - Cello 1994 --- 2 Nirvana Is A UK-Based Progressive Rock Band Formed In 1967 Primarily Active In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s - And Still Sporadically Active To The Present Day. The Band Was Formed In The Summer Of 1967 In An Era When Melodic Pop/rock Music With Baroque And Chamber Arrangements And Instrumentation Was Highly-Prized. The Band Consisted Of Two Songwriter/performers - Greek-Born Alex Spyropoulos And Irish-Born Patrick Campbell-Lyons Who Met In London. They Produced A Number Of Singles Notably "Rainbow Chaser" "Pentecost Hotel" And "Tiny Goddess" For The Fledgling Island Records Label. The Band Was Signed By Island Records' Founder Chris Blackwell In The Era When He Also Signed The Bands Traffic And Free. In October 1967 The Band Released Its First Album - A Concept Album Produced By Blackwell Titled The Story Of Simon Simopath. The Album Was Probably The First Narrative Concept Album Ever Released - Predating Story-Driven Concept Albums Such As The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow December 1968 The Who's Tommy April 1969 And The Kinks' Arthur September 1969 . Musically The Group Blended Myriad Musical Styles Including Rock Pop Folk Jazz Latin Rhythms And Classical Music - Primarily Augmented By Baroque Chamber-Style Arrangements To Create A Unique Entity. The Next Year 1968 Their Follow-Up Album All Of Us Featured A Similar Broad Range Of Musical Styles. Their Third Album To Markos III Was Released On The Pye Label In 1969. In 1971 The Duo Amicably Separated For A While With Campbell-Lyons The Primary Contributor To The Next Two Nirvana Albums Local Anaesthetic 1971 And Songs Of Love And Praise 1972. Campbell-Lyons Subsequently Worked As A Solo Artist And Issued Further Albums Me And My Friend 1973 Electric Plough 1981 And The Hero I Might Have Been 1983 Though These Did Not Enjoy Commercial Success. The Band Reunited In 1985 Successfully Touring Europe And Releasing A Compilation Album Black Flower 1987 Containing Some New Material. Black Flower Had Been The Provisional Title Of Their Third Album. In The 1990s Two Further Albums Were Released. Secret Theatre 1994 Compiled Rare Tracks And Demos While Orange And Blue 1996 Contained Previously Unreleased Material Including A Tongue-In-Cheek Cover Of The Song "Lithium" Originally Recorded By The American Grunge Band Nirvana Who Released Its First Album In 1989 And Who The Band Had Successfully Sued Over Use Of The Name Nirvana. The Undisclosed Terms Of The Settlement Has Apparently Allowed The Original Nirvana To Continue Using Its Name And Issuing New Recordings. In 1999 The Band Released A Three-Disc CD Anthology Titled "Chemistry" Including Several Previously-Unreleased Tracks And Some New Material. Top Musicians Who Played On Nirvana Sessions Include Lesley Duncan Herbie Flowers Billy Bremner Later Of Rockpile/Dave Edmunds Fame Luther Grosvenor Wynder K. Frogg Clem Cattini And The Full Lineup Of Rock Band Spooky Tooth. The Group Was In The School Of Baroque-Flavored Melodic Pop-Rock Music Typified By The Beatles Of "Rubber Soul" And "Revolver" The Beach Boys Of Pet Sounds And God Only Knows The Zombies Of Odessey And Oracle And Time Of The Season The Procol Harum Of A Whiter Shade Of Pale The Moody Blues Of Days Of Future Passed And Nights In White Satin And The Kinks Of Waterloo Sunset. The Majority Of The Tracks On Nirvana's Albums Fall Into That Broad Genre Of Contemporary Popular Music - Not Easily Categorized - But Perhaps Best Described As The Baroque Or Chamber Strand Of "progressive Rock Soft Rock Or "orchestral Pop". Their First Three Albums Were Reissued On CD By Universal In 2003 And Received Critical Acclaim. In 2005 Universal Japan Reissued Local Anaesthetic And Songs Of Love And Praise. As Of Late 2005 The Founding Members Alex Spyropoulos And Patrick Campbell-Lyons Are Still Sporadically Writing And Recording. --- 3 Nirvana Was A Short-Lived Finnish Punk Band Formed In 1980 Whose Sole Release Was A 7" Vinyl With Tracks "Kielletyt Leikit" And "Kuljen Kaupungilla" With 200 Pressings. --- 4 Nirvana Was A Dutch Pop Group Formed In 1985 By Producers Bernard Oattes And Rob Van Schaik. The Group Consisted Of Anthony Moendir Frits Broekrits And Annie Alberti And Have Released One Single "Say When" Which Became A Big Hit. The Group Split Up In 1987. --- 5 Nirvana Is A Side Project Of The Skaters' James Ferraro. Primitive Droning Drum Beats And Swirling Synthesizers. --- 6 Nirvana Was A Slovenian Hard-Rock Band In The Early Seventies. They Appear On Several Collections YU Record Collector Dream Boom Festival 72 .

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Serve the Servants

Serve The Servants Embraces With Remarkable Economy The Band's Sudden Fame The Media's Demonisation Of Courtney Love And Cobain's Troubled Childhood.

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In Utero Is The Third And Final Studio Album By The American Alternative Rock Band Nirvana Released On September 21 1993 By DGC Records. Following The Success Of The Group's 1991 Breakthrough Album Nevermind Nirvana Sought To Avoid That Album's Polished Production And Hired Recording Engineer Steve Albini To Produce The Record. The Band Recorded In Utero With Albini In Two Weeks In February 1993 Capturing An Abrasive And Naturalistic Sound For The Record. While Some Of The Songs Had Been Written Years Prior The Lyrics Largely Dealt With Frontman Kurt Cobain's Reflections On His Newfound Fame And Recent Personal Troubles Incorporating Imagery Of Sickness And Disease. Soon After Recording Was Completed Controversy Erupted As News Reports Stated That DGC Did Not Like The Band's Sessions With Albini And Refused To Release The Album Deeming It Uncommercial. Nirvana Denied The Statements But Were Also Not Fully Satisfied With The Sound Albini Captured. The Band Ultimately Made Some Minor Changes To The Album's Sound And Hired Producer Scott Litt To Mix The Singles "Heart-Shaped Box" And "All Apologies". Upon Its Release "In Utero" Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 And Received Critical Acclaim As A Drastic Departure From "Nevermind". The Record Has Been Certified Five Times Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America And Has Sold Over Four Million Copies In The United States. To Avoid Over-Hyping The Album DGC Records Took A Low-Key Approach To Promoting "In Utero" The Company's Head Of Marketing Told Billboard Before The Album's Release That The Label Was Taking A Promotional Strategy Similar To That Of "Nevermind" And Explained That The Label Would "set Things Up Duck And Get Out Of The Way". The Label Aimed Its Promotion At Alternative Markets And Press And Released The Album On Vinyl Record As Part Of This Strategy. In Contrast To The Previous Album The Label Did Not Release Any Of In Utero's Singles Commercially In The United States. DGC Sent Promo Copies Of The Album's First Single "Heart-Shaped Box" To American College Modern Rock And Album-Oriented Rock Radio Stations In Early September But The Label Did Not Target Top 40 Radio. Despite The Label's Promotion The Band Was Convinced That "In Utero" Would Not Be As Successful As "Nevermind". Cobain Told Jim DeRogatis "We're Certain That We Won't Sell A Quarter As Much And We're Totally Comfortable With That Because We Like This Record So Much." "In Utero" Was Released On September 13 1993 In The United Kingdom And On September 14 In The United States It Was Initially Only Available In Vinyl Record And Cassette Tape Formats With The American Vinyl Pressing Limited To 25 000 Copies. Although The Album Was Issued On Compact Disc In The UK On September 14 A Full Domestic Release Did Not Occur Until September 21. "In Utero" Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 Album Chart Selling 180 000 Copies In Its First Week Of Release. Meanwhile Retail Chain Stores Walmart And K-Mart Refused To Sell The Album. According To The New York Times Wal-Mart Claimed It Did Not Carry The Album Due To Lack Of Consumer Demand While Kmart Representatives Explained That The Album "didn't Fit Within Our Merchandise Mix". In Truth Both Chains Feared That Customers Would Be Offended By The Artwork On The Album's Back Cover. DGC Issued A New Version Of The Album With Reworked Packaging To The Stores In March 1994. This Version Featured Edited Album Artwork And Listed The Name Of "Rape Me" As "Waif Me". A Spokesperson For Nirvana Explained That The Band Decided To Edit The Packaging Because As Kids Cobain And Novoselic Were Only Able To Buy Music From The Two Chain Stores As A Result They "really Want To Make Their Music Available To Kids Who Don't Have The Opportunity To Go To Mom-And-Pop Stores". "In Utero" Received Acclaim From Critics. Time's Christopher John Farley Stated In His Review Of The Album "Despite The Fears Of Some Alternative-Music Fans Nirvana Hasn't Gone Mainstream Though This Potent New Album May Once Again Force The Mainstream To Go Nirvana." Rolling Stone Reviewer David Fricke Wrote "In Utero Is A Lot Of Things – Brilliant Corrosive Enraged And Thoughtful Most Of Them All At Once. But More Than Anything It's A Triumph Of The Will." Entertainment Weekly Reviewer David Browne Who Gave The Album A Rating Of B Commented "Kurt Cobain Hates It All" And Noted That The Sentiment Pervades The Record. Browne Argued "The Music Is Often Mesmerizing Cathartic Rock & Roll But It Is Rock & Roll Without Release Because The Band Is Suspicious Of The Old-School Rock Cliches Such A Release Would Evoke." NME Gave The Album An Eight Out Of Ten Rating. However Reviewer John Mulvey Had Doubts About The Record He Concluded "As A Document Of A Mind In Flux — Dithering Dissatisfied Unable To Come To Terms With Sanity — Kurt Should Be Proud Of . As A Follow-Up To One Of The Best Records Of The Past Ten Years It Just Isn't Quite There." Ben Thompson Of The Independent Commented That In Spite Of The Album's More Abrasive Songs "In Utero Is Beautiful Far More Often Than It Is Ugly" And Added "Nirvana Have Wisely Neglected To Make The Unlistenable Punk-Rock Nightmare They Threatened Us With." Critics Ranked "In Utero" As One Of The Best Releases Of The Year. It Placed First And Second In The Album Categories Of The Rolling Stone And Village Voice Pazz & Jop Year-End Critics' Polls Respectively. Additionally The New York Times Included It On Its List Of The Top Ten Albums Of The Year. The Album Was Nominated For Best Alternative Music Album At The 1994 Grammy Awards. That October Nirvana Embarked On Its First American Tour In Two Years To Promote The Album. A Second Single A Split Release That Featured "All Apologies" And "Rape Me" Was Issued In December In The United Kingdom. The Band Began A Six-Week European Leg Of The Tour In February 1994 But It Was Cancelled After Cobain Suffered A Drug Overdose In Rome On March 6. Cobain Agreed To Enter Drug Rehabilitation But The Singer Went Missing Soon Afterwards And On April 8 He Was Found Dead In His Seattle Home As The Result Of Suicide By A Shotgun Blast. The Intended Third Single From "In Utero" "Pennyroyal Tea" Was Cancelled In The Wake Of Cobain's Death And The Subsequent Dissolution Of Nirvana Limited Promotional Copies Were Released In Britain. Three Days After Cobain's Body Was Discovered "In Utero" Moved Back Up The Billboard Charts From Number 72 To Number 27. In The Ensuing Years "In Utero" Has Continued To Perform Commercially And Gather Critical Praise. In A 2003 Guitar World Article That Commemorated The Tenth Anniversary Of The Album's Release Cobain Biographer Charles R. Cross Argued That "In Utero" Was "a Far Better Record And One That Only 10 Years Later Seems To Be An Influential Seed Spreader Judging By Current Bands. If It Is Possible For An Album That Sold Four Million Copies To Be Overlooked Or Underappreciated Then "In Utero" Is That Lost Pearl." That Same Year Pitchfork Media Placed In Utero At Number 13 On Its List Of The 100 Best Albums Of The 1990s And Rolling Stone Ranked It At Number 439 On Its List "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time". In 2004 Blender Ranked It At Number 94 In Its "100 Greatest American Albums Of All Time" List While In 2005 Spin Placed It At Number 51 On Its "100 Greatest Albums 1985-2005" Retrospective. "In Utero" Has Been Certified Five Times Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America For Shipments Of Over Five Million Units And Has Sold A Total Of Four Million Copies In The United States According To Nielsen SoundScan.